A talented British hacker successfully invaded Rockstar Games’ servers using only a TV stick, stole a large amount of development content related to GTA 6, and used it for blackmail. He was later arrested by the police. However, the hacker was deemed unfit to stand trial because he suffered from severe autism, and instead had to receive lifelong treatment in a mental hospital.
According to reports from the British BBC, the hacker named Arion Kurtaj is only 18 years old and has extremely high computer engineering talent, but he went astray and joined the hacker gang Lapsus$, which once launched hacking attacks against Well-known companies such as NVIDIA and Uber caused losses of approximately US$10 million and approximately NT$310 million.
Arion Kurtaj was originally detained by the police in a hotel room for hacking into NVIDIA and BT/EE telecommunications companies. Even though the criminal laptop was confiscated at the time, he did not expect that the other party actually used his mobile phone and the Amazon Firestick plugged into the TV to hack into Rockstar. Games, stole about 90 pieces of footage and code related to the development of “GTA 6”.
After taking away the data, Arion Kurtaj also hacked into the company’s internal communication software and threatened Rockstar Games to send someone to contact him on the communication program Telegram within 24 hours, otherwise the entire source code would be disclosed. Rockstar Games ignored the threat, so Arion Kurtaj posted the information on the forum.
Due to criminal behavior during his stay, the hacker was immediately arrested. In court, Rockstar Games stated that the intrusion caused losses to the company of approximately US$5 million, equivalent to NT$155 million.
However, doctors pointed out that Arion Kurtaj suffered from severe autistic tendencies and showed extremely aggressive behavior during detention, committing dozens of violent acts, making his condition unsuitable for a general legal trial.
In the end, the court ruled that Arion Kurtaj’s mental condition was not suitable for ordinary sentencing, but considering that he was full of motivation for hacking and had a high risk of re-offending, he was sentenced to spend his life in a mental hospital.
But even if a hacker is sanctioned, there are still countless people under the Lapsus$ gang. The U.S. government has issued a report that the gang is good at attracting young people and can easily break through corporate protection mechanisms, making the problem of cybercrime not only a headache. , and even tend to get worse day by day.
2023-12-22 09:44:23
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